A New Melody Act I: A New Tempo
On the edge of the line
A new fire burns.
In the darkness divine
We remember our scars.
What have we been?
What are we now?
What were are sins?
And how?
How are we going
To move on from here?
Where are we going?
The answer's not clear.
Lala and Vice sat on the edge of the tower, watching the never ending sunset in the distance. They stared off into the abyss beyond their sight. They knew not what they were going to do next. But that never had bothered either of them before. They hadn't know what was going to happen for a long time now. They just went with the flow.
But now it was decision time. "I don't know what to do," Lala said.
"What do you mean?" Vice asked.
"Well…" Lala began, tapping her fingers together, staring at her hands, "I told my friends that I'd be back to Hollow Bastion soon. But I can't take you there. They are very anti-nobody. They freaked out when I showed back up having just gotten my heart back, accusing me of being one."
"Well… We don't have to tell that that I am, or at least I was, a Nobody. They don't have to know that. They don't know your life; we can just tell them that I'm your long lost twin. I mean what are the odds of your Nobody being a guy? They wouldn't believe that any more or less than the twin story. Surely they wouldn't know for sure, so they wouldn't do anything. Right?" Vice said, looking at her for confirmation.
"You might be right," Lala said. "We'll just have to try, I guess. We don't really have a choice, do we?"
"We could stay here."
"But then they would worry for the rest of their lives, thinking that I am dead, not knowing the truth. I don't know if I can put them through that. But I definitely don't want to lose you." Lala sighed, not knowing what to do any more now than she did at the start of the conversation.
"Well," Vice said, "We can always give it a shot. If all else fails we can run like hell. I don't know them very well in my memories, so I don't know how they would react for sure. But we'll just have to risk it if you aren't up for leaving them hanging."
Lala sighed once again. "And I'm just not ready to leave them worrying about me."
"Let's give it a shot!" Vice said, standing up. "What's the worst that could happen?"
"That's what worries me…" Lala said. "You and I, we're different. But that's okay. That's what makes you separate from me."
"Yep," Vice responded. He held out a hand and helped her stand up. "Shall we commission ourselves a Heartless vessel?"
"No, actually, I came here in a ship that Cid made. So we don't have to get into one of those hard to control things."
"You can say that again," Vice said. "I sure as hell have some stories to tell you about my rides in Heartless ships."
"You can tell me all about it on the way back to Hollow Bastion!" Lala said. "I'm sure it will be a long, eventful ride."
Sitting on the edge
Into the new abyss,
A new fire burns.
It yearns
For the future
Yet to come.
We learn
From our mistakes.
What are we now?
We do not know.
And how
Will we go on
Into the great beyond?